* Where: Adelaide Oval
* The form:
Adelaide: A club-record 18 wins was rewarded with a first minor premiership since 2017, the last time they reached the finals. Enter the playoffs on a nine-match winning streak.
Collingwood: Finished fourth with 16 wins and seven losses. The Pies were either first or second from rounds six to 21 but then lost five of seven games entering the finals.
* Head-to-head
Overall: Played: 52. Adelaide 16 wins, 35 losses, 1 draw
In finals: Played: 3. Adelaide 0 wins, Collingwood 3 wins
Last time: Round 24, 2025: Adelaide 9.5 (59) bt Collingwood 8.8 (56) at Adelaide Oval
Last final: Semi-final, 2009: Collingwood 12.11 (83) bt Adelaide  11.12 (78) at the MCG
* Key players:
Nick Daicos (Collingwood). The Brownlow medal favourite averages more than 30 disposals a game this season, and almost 32 a game against the Crows. A freakish package of skill, tenacity and game-breaking brilliance.
Riley Thilthorpe (Adelaide): Has booted a career-best 55 goals and is the only non-midfielder in the competition's top-10 for goal assists, with 21. An amazing mark with vice-like hands but also superb at ground-level for a big man.
Jamie Elliott (Collingwood). Aged 33, is enjoying his best goal-kicking season with 53 majors. Despite standing only 1.77m tall, is dangerous in the air, boasts uncanny goal sense and is renowned for accuracy when shooting at goal.
Jordan Dawson (Adelaide). The skipper was voted by his playing cohort as the league's best captain this season. A big-moment performer renowned for silky foot skills but also thrives in the contest - only three players have recorded more tackles this year.
* The stat: The Crows snapped an 11-game winless streak to the Magpies dating back to 2016 with their round 24 win, but are yet to defeat Collingwood in a final.
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